Praise And Thanksgiving

[WalterandDebbie]

8-28-19

Continued from: Hearing God: Praise and Thanksgiving always proceeds from a heart that is receiving God's love. Then we can praise and thank Him in our thinking all during the day Then, with that kind of communication with our heavenly Father, we can ask Him for guidance concerning the issues for our lives. Then we can begin to hear his voice, fellowship with Him and become more and more a friend of God. That to me is the greatest blessing in the entire universe.

What we have been discussing is the most important thing in my opinion, in any Christian's life-it is the very reason God has placed us on this planet. He is a loving person who has a need-He needs the love of His children. His love is not complete until we love Him back. and His love is not fulfilling until we enter a continuing relationship that always allows Him to bless us to the extent that we are able to fellowship with him.

It is true that there is difficulty in overcoming our old sin nature called "the flesh" , but I suggest to you that there is no other alternative if our lives are to have meaning in this life and the life to come. It may be that you are this pathway of loving God; if not, you can depend on Him to lead you as you develop your relationship.

All of our personalities are different, so there is no set way to relate to our Lord. unless we would continue in His sayings to know the truth of matters/issues of life. However, there are helps in the scriptures. Some of them are listed below.

1. Ask the Lord for understanding and wisdom as you read the Bible.

2. Forgive everyone who has offended you whether or not they ask for it.

3. Get rid of all known sin. Pray for the conviction of the Holy Spirit of unknown sin and receive God's loving forgiveness.

5. Guard your mind, knowing that sin begins in the mind. Get prompt forgiveness for sinful thoughts especially those produced by anger or a critical attitude. Ask the Lord for His thoughts, due to various situations, according to his will.

6. John 17:19-26

7. Revelation 3:20

And more to the above

Love Always, Walter

 

[Heart2Soul]

8-28-19

Continued from: Hearing God: Praise and Thanksgiving always proceeds from a heart that is receiving God's love. Then we can praise and thank Him in our thinking all during the day Then, with that kind of communication with our heavenly Father, we can ask Him for guidance concerning the issues for our lives. Then we can begin to hear his voice, fellowship with Him and become more and more a friend of God. That to me is the greatest blessing in the entire universe.

What we have been discussing is the most important thing in my opinion, in any Christian's life-it is the very reason God has placed us on this planet. He is a loving person who has a need-He needs the love of His children. His love is not complete until we love Him back. and His love is not fulfilling until we enter a continuing relationship that always allows Him to bless us to the extent that we are able to fellowship with him.

It is true that there is difficulty in overcoming our old sin nature called "the flesh" , but I suggest to you that there is no other alternative if our lives are to have meaning in this life and the life to come. It may be that you are this pathway of loving God; if not, you can depend on Him to lead you as you develop your relationship.

All of our personalities are different, so there is no set way to relate to our Lord. unless we would continue in His sayings to know the truth of matters/issues of life. However, there are helps in the scriptures. Some of them are listed below.

1. Ask the Lord for understanding and wisdom as you read the Bible.

2. Forgive everyone who has offended you whether or not they ask for it.

3. Get rid of all known sin. Pray for the conviction of the Holy Spirit of unknown sin and receive God's loving forgiveness.

5. Guard your mind, knowing that sin begins in the mind. Get prompt forgiveness for sinful thoughts especially those produced by anger or a critical attitude. Ask the Lord for His thoughts, due to various situations, according to his will.

6. John 17:19-26

7. Revelation 3:20

Love Always, Walter

And forgive ourselves! There are people out there missing out on the abundant joys of life because they are constantly living with regret and wishing they could change the past....living in the past never living for the day.
And to love a neighbor as yourself you have to know how to love yourself.

 

[WalterandDebbie]

And forgive ourselves! There are people out there missing out on the abundant joys of life because they are constantly living with regret and wishing they could change the past....living in the past never living for the day.
And to love a neighbor as yourself you have to know how to love yourself.

Amen, :)

 

[farouk]

And forgive ourselves! There are people out there missing out on the abundant joys of life because they are constantly living with regret and wishing they could change the past....living in the past never living for the day.
And to love a neighbor as yourself you have to know how to love yourself.

Guilt manipulation, right?

Even the preacher Spurgeon smoked, didn't he?

(And then some ppl get hung up against tattoos, piercings or what have you...)

 

[Heart2Soul]

Guilt manipulation, right?

Even the preacher Spurgeon smoked, didn't he?

(And then some ppl get hung up against tattoos, piercings or what have you...)

Yes. So did Joyce Meyers

 

[farouk]

Yes. So did Joyce Meyers

Joyce M did what, sorry?

 

[Heart2Soul]

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Joyce M did what, sorry?

Smoked

 

[farouk]

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Smoked

Oh okay; thanks. (From what I know of Joyce Meyer, if she still smoked, it probably wouldn't bother her whatever anyone thought, either!)

 

[Heart2Soul]

Guilt manipulation, right?

Even the preacher Spurgeon smoked, didn't he?

(And then some ppl get hung up against tattoos, piercings or what have you...)

I am thinking more along the lines of let's say a spouse is unfaithful and the affair causes a marriage to end....the children suffer because they no longer have the healthy structure of family to learn from, they grow into angry, rebellious teens, disrespecting the authority of both parents, resenting their father for causing all this.
Get the picture?
The father ends up living in condemnation and guilt. Always blaming himself for how his kids have become so difficult to deal with.
So it's an eternal guilt that haunts him for the rest of his life and his only relief from it is through drugs and alcohol.

Whew ...well this is the kind of living in the past that never offers any hope of a solution.

 

[farouk]

I am thinking more along the lines of let's say a spouse is unfaithful and the affair causes a marriage to end....the children suffer because they no longer have the healthy structure of family to learn from, they grow into angry, rebellious teens, disrespecting the authority of both parents, resenting their father for causing all this.
Get the picture?
The father ends up living in condemnation and guilt. Always blaming himself for how his kids have become so difficult to deal with.
So it's an eternal guilt that haunts him for the rest of his life and his only relief from it is through drugs and alcohol.

Whew ...well this is the kind of living in the past that never offers any hope of a solution.

As regards the possibility of divorce, to my mind this is how the grace of God comes in; look at Hosea and Gomer: God gave Hosea the patience by His grace to endure with Gomer, who was a picture of erring Israel with whom God was constantly patient.

(But I guess this is moving onto another subject...)

 

[Heart2Soul]

As regards the possibility of divorce, to my mind this is how the grace of God comes in; look at Hosea and Gomer: God gave Hosea the patience by His grace to endure with Gomer, who was a picture of erring Israel with whom God was constantly patient.

(But I guess this is moving onto another subject...)

Yes You were a little...but thats ok.

 

[farouk]

And forgive ourselves! There are people out there missing out on the abundant joys of life because they are constantly living with regret and wishing they could change the past....living in the past never living for the day.
And to love a neighbor as yourself you have to know how to love yourself.

We have by God's grace to move on...